Female leadership: build your own style

With regard to women leadership, gender differences are a reality and a resource, not only for couple relationships , as we learned from John Gray. Dogmatic ideas often prevail on the subject : either denying any difference for the sake of equality between the sexes , or overturning the same concepts of abuse of power or superiority, or showing women as perennial victims of patriarchy.

Man andwoman are like the sun and the moon : fundamentally different and therefore suitable to cooperate [1], as it happened for thousands of years until the Neolithic, as shown by the studies by Marija Gimbutas and Riane Eisler [2]

A few hints on the main differences :

Women are genetically spiritual [3]. They have a more direct connection with the inner self, including others. They have a subtler intuition, deeper listening skills , but also a finer sensitivity that can turn into weakness .

Women’s approach is not linear, but circular and adroit at change [4]. They manage change more easily , crises do not scare them, evolution is their humus. But, they may be less focused on goals .

Psychologists say that women are more inclined to an autoplastic-like adaptation (changing oneself ) and men to an alloplastic one ( changing the outer reality) . It means women are more introspective and more inclined to listening and cooperation. This leads to a more productive and effective business environment.

Yogi Bhajan said that women are naturally multitasking, unlike men. This is an advantage, but also a trap that makes inner connection more difficult.

Women are more emotional and physical, men are more mental. Emotions are their playground (4). They can handle them easily , but when they try to control them through their mind like men do, they may become unstable.

Yogi Bhajan also said that women are much more intuitive, intelligent, patient and compassionate, but more insecure than men. We have a tendency to belittle. This is our main weakness. The antidote? Spiritual connection.

So, your realization as a woman and as a leader is on hand if you:

Build your personal model of female leadership without taking a loan on the male model, even if it is paradoxically more familiar to you. Take inspiration from a wonderful example of Italian entrepreneur, Luisa Spagnoli, as recounted in a recent television fiction. Read a lot of Danielle Laporte’s books.

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